First one I went to (I’m from Chicago)
Looking over the menu I asked the waitress,
“What’s the difference between co try ham and city ham ?”
She looked at me and flatly said,
“One’s from the country, the others from the city.”
I liked that
That reminds me of meeting a salesman for lunch at a place in Siler City, NC once. The restaurant had a special on marinated steak. The salesman, who was born and raised in Canada, asked what the steaks were marinated in. The waitress replied in a very strong drawl “well, all kinds of spices I reckon.” The look on his face was priceless.
City ham is sugar cured and country ham is salt cured, by the way.